Baylan is easily the most interesting character to come out of Star Wars in a while and I'm terribly disappointed that this season will be his only live-action appearance. I agree with everything he said in this episode about the Jedi Order and the cyclical nature of the Star Wars universe. He reminds me of Kreia, but not an asshole and with (seemingly) better intentions. Ultimately he's probably learned the wrong lessons from the Order's fall, but so far, he isn't really wrong.
this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2023
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Agreed! He has become the most interesting character in the show for me, even during Thrawn’s debut episode.
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He was so great in "Rome." I like that trope of the old warrior, disillusioned with the people he fought for. Kind of a, Jedi Smedley Butler.
So sad that he missed out on the career resurgence he was about to experience.
At least he's immortal. Like all actors captured on film.
He's a Ronin Jedi
Kinda similar to the lead character in Yojimbo
I see a bit of Kurosawa influence in the show
Loving the design of that main new stormtrooper
You wrong for this lmao
The kintsugi armor design of the troopers, "something beautiful rising from the rubble" or "the imperfections make it more beautiful" is an interesting twist on the design.
There was a lot of a mix of traditional Japanese repair and armor augmentation there Plus the Bandits in fantasized samurai armor
The episode was great, other than it ended. I want more!
Ezra is going to be pretty annoyed with Sabine.
Anybody got some thoughts on what the night sisters are loading up into the Chimera? Anything we’ve seen before?
So atmospheric. They really did a great job creating a galaxy that has evolved very separately from the one we know.
I love that they brought back the Nightsisters. It was a shame to kill them off. I’m happy we may get more Nightsister stories in the future.
I love the lore they’re establishing with the purrgil and the witches who rode them before time had numbers. I’m wondering how much it’ll play into Dawn of the Jedi.
Thrawn's lines in this episode have me kind of worried they're gonna make him comically evil like in Rebels and discard the Grysk, Vanto, and Ascendancy plot lines. I hope I'm wrong, because I'd really like some follow up there.
I loved the Kintsugi to repair cracked armor
Bit disappointed in the 'other galaxy', and the lack of effort to make it feel different. Especially the local raiders being basically tuskans, using the same energy rifles as the main galaxy, more sisters of dathomir just with a different name and they still know of and care about the jedi.
Would really have liked it to feel more distinct from the star wars galaxy, like it had a truely separate history, and not just like another planet.
This episode had a lot of positives though, more insight into Balen's motives and the new storm trooper armour was great.
Morgan Elspeth's shuttle looks like one of the boxy ornithopters from David Lynch's Dune (1989).
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Did anybody catch the tiniest spark of empathy there from Shin when Baylan described Ezra as a "bokken" Jedi?